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Apricot payasam

Ingredients Quantity Apricots 1 Cup Milk 1 Cup Condensed MIlk 1/2 Cup Dry Nuts Few Elachi Powder 1 tsp Sugar 1/4 Cup Oil TO fry nuts

Method :

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1. Wash and boil dates in hot water for at least for 10 mins. Remove the seeds and chop them into pieces.
2. Pour the milk and sugar into an open vessel. Heat it for about 10-15 minutes until the milk comes to a boil. Stirring it with a spoon helps to retain nutrients and not boil them off, but is not necessary.Now add condenced milk and keep stirring until mixture becomes little thick.
3. Add apricots and cook for 5 more mins by continuously stirring them. I add cardamom as a whole,crushed a little.I feel this adds more flavour to the finished dish.Yo can remove the peels of cardamom before serving.Or if you prefer,add crushed cardamom seeds alone.
4. Ghee Roast the dry nuts and mix into the mixture.

Tips :

1. Adding the nuts while the semiya is cooking makes the nuts soft and delicious.However,if you like some crunch in the nuts,add half in the payasam while cooking and the other half as garnish.